Short Account of James Mackenzie--William Roy Mackenzie and the exciseman--Kenneth and John Mackenzie of Rona and the press-gang--John M'Gregor of Londubh escapes from the press-gang, but is killed by a fall over a rock--Murdo Mackenzie, or Murdo's son, marries Lord Breadalbane's daughter and takes possession of a lugger full of smuggled spirit--Anecdote of Sir Hector Mackenzie and M'Leod of Raasay's boat--Mackenzie of Kernsary and James Mackenzie's grandfather--The whale in Loch Ewe drowns three men--A story of Rob Donn--The Loch Broom herring fishery--The other Rob Roy Macgregor and the Dundonnell estates--Cases of drowning in Loch Maree--Hector Mackenzie, William Urquhart and his son, and Kenneth Mackenzie--A Kenlochewe man rolls overboard--Kenneth Mackenzie and Gregor Macgregor carried down by the Talladale river--John M'Ryrie--Kenneth Urquhart--Sandy Mackenzie--The Stornoway packet and the whale--Wreck of M'Callum's schooner at Melvaig--A sea captain buried in Isle Ewe--The loss of the "Glenelg"--Wreck of the "Helen Marianne" of Campbeltown--Wreck of the "Lord Molyneux" of Liverpool--John Macdonald, the drover of Loch Maree--The murder of Grant, the peddler, by M'Leod, who is at length hung--Death of the Shieldaig shoemaker and his companions at Lochinver 201 PART III.--NATURAL HISTORY OF GAIRLOCH. CHAPTER I.--PHYSICAL FEATURES. Area and boundaries of Gairloch--Sea-board--Long valley bisecting the parish--Ranges and groups of mountains--Islands in the sea--Fresh-water lochs--Rivers--Woods--Caves--Waterfalls--The Steall a Mhuinidh--Victoria Falls--Letterewe waterfall--Kerry falls--Flowerdale waterfalls--Scenic beauties 219 CHAPTER II.--CLIMATE AND WEATHER. Healthy climate of north-west Highlands--Changeable weather--Sir G. S. Mackenzie on the climate--Dr Mackenzie on the old-fashioned summers--Former abundance of nuts--Strawberries on 4th June, also cherries--Short summer nights--Aurora borealis--Rarity of intense frosts--Spring mist presages snow--A hard winter--Sunsets from the Gairloch Hotel--Cloudscapes--Colouring of landscapes 222 CHAPTER III.--ANECDOTES AND NOTES.